Floating Disk (511)

Floating Disk (511) Mnemonic [FLOATDISK] Duration Special Utility Magic   Subtype Container  Availability All

Major Elemental Spells Sleep (501) Attack Chromatic Circle (502) Attack Thurfel's Ward (503) Defensive Slow (504) Attack Hand of Tonis (505) Attack Celerity (506) Utility Elemental Deflection (507) Defensive Elemental Bias (508) Defensive Strength (509) Offensive Hurl Boulder (510) Attack Floating Disk (511) Utility Cold Snap (512) Attack Elemental Focus (513) Offensive Stone Fist (514) Attack Rapid Fire (515) Utility Mana Leech (516) Utility Charge Item (517) Utility Cone of Elements (518) Attack Immolation (519) Attack Mage Armor (520) Defensive Meteor Swarm (525) Attack Elemental Disjunction (530) Attack Haste (535) Utility Temporal Reversion (540) Defensive Time Stop (550) Utility

Floating Disk can hold objects for a character and will follow the character as he travels. It has a hard item limit of 8 items (this includes items inside other items) for non-wizards. Wizards can increase the item limit by training in Elemental Lore, Air. Disks also have a hard weight limit of 500 pounds that cannot be increased. Disk descriptions can be changed by holding a gem or through attunement, as described below.

Unlike most spells, floating disk has an indefinite duration. As long as the character remains logged in (and alive) the disk should remain. If a player logs out or is disconnected, the disk will remain around for a few minutes in case the player is able to reconnect. Upon death, or if the player does not reconnect, the disk will vanish and all items will be deposited onto the ground. Any items lost in this manner will not be replaced by staff and players are advised to never place precious items in a disk.

Ambushers sometimes use disks to signal that they are hunting in a stealthy fashion. Thus, if one sees a disk and a creature in the same space, it is quite possible that there is a hidden ambusher there also. Common courtesy may then suggest that one heeds this.

This spell is commonly found in black crystals.

Usage

• INCANT 511 to self-cast a disk.
• PREP 511 | CAST {player} to give someone else a disk or use caster's name as target for a self-cast plain disk.
• PREP 511 | CAST {gem} to self-cast a disk with a specific color. This will consume the gem in the process.

Disks can be OPENed and CLOSEd. TURNing a disk will empty the entire contents onto the ground at once. The spell can be ended via the DISMISS verb.

Lore Benefit

Training in Elemental Lore, Air increases a disk's capacity from the base of 8 items by seed 10 summation of ranks.

Elemental Lore, Air ranks	0	10	21	33	46	60	75	91	108	126	145	165	186	208	231
Total disk capacity	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22

Changing Disk Descriptions

Wizards can cast on certain gems or items held on their person while casting this spell to affect the description of the disk. The gem will be lost. If no gem or item is used a somewhat random description will be added to the disk, though a wizard's attunement has some effect on this. If a wizard would like a plain disk (or has a disk customization unlocked) he should cast the spell at himself instead of just casting in an open manner. Non-wizards will always receive a disk with the plain description no matter the method used (wizard cast, black crystal, scroll, etc.)

(Theory: Without using gems, attuned wizards have a propensity to get certain disks. To wit: air=translucent, fire=fiery red, water=icy blue, earth=earth brown, lightning=sparkling. A randomly attuned wizard can get all five.)

Spinels blue spinel icy blue or frost white pink spinel earth brown or granite red spinel fiery red or scorched violet spinel sparkling or iridescent yellow spinel iridescent	Miscellaneous aquamarine gem aquamarine banded sardonyx stone lopsided or slim blue lapis lazuli blue deep purple amethyst deep purple deep red carbuncle red golden amber golden mottled agate mottled pale blue moonstone blue piece of green jade green rose quartz rose	Zircons brown brown clear clear green green yellow yellow	Tourmalines black black blue blue clear clear green green pink pink	Pearls tiny black pearl black tiny white pearl white grey pearl grey
Jaspers black jasper cracked or revolving red jasper revolving or spinning yellow jasper spinning or pulsating	Topaz blue topaz blue golden topaz yellow pink topaz pink	Sapphires clear clear violet violet yellow yellow	Diamonds uncut diamond white yellow diamond yellow	Corals black black blue blue red red

Not Used

amethyst bright chrysoberyl gem carnelian quartz dark red-green bloodstone dragonseye sapphire fire opal fiery jacinth

golden beryl gem green malachite stone green garnet lavender shimmarglin sapphire orange imperial topaz pale water sapphire

periwinkle feystone piece of citrine quartz pink rhodocrosite stone polished jet stone quartz crystal rock crystal shimmertine shard

silvery moonstone smoky glimaerstone spiderweb obsidian spiderweb turquoise star diopside star sapphire turquoise stone

Colors Available
Whites	Grey	Granite	Black	Purple	Violet	Red	Pink	Rose	Orange	Golden	Yellow	Aquamarine	Green	Blue	Browns
Other Effects
Cracked	Iridescent	Pulsating	Revolving	Scorched	Sparkling	Lopsided	Spinning	Mottled	Slim	Translucent	Clear

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Messaging

Initial cast

A small circular container suddenly appears and floats rather serenely over to you.

Wearing off

The <color> <person>'s disk disintegrates, dropping everything on the ground.

Alchemy Recipes

A black crystal
Eastern version	Western version
Add crystalline solution Add powdered black jasper Simmer Add 2 doses of plains lion skin from plains lions Boil Add dark glittering powder Infuse Chant Floating Disk (511)	Add crystalline solution Add powdered black jasper Simmer Add 2 doses of roa'ter skin from roa'ters Boil Add dark glittering powder Infuse Chant Floating Disk (511)

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Resources

• Custom Floating Disk
• Antique Brass Lantern
• Major Elemental Spell Circle: Floating Disk, on Play.net